New York, May 13, 2005 - City College’s Black Studies Program will host its Third Annual Symposium on “Institution Building in Harlem” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m Friday, May 20, 2005 in the North Academic Center ballroom, 138th Street at Convent Avenue.

CCNY SENIOR NATALIE WAUGH EARNS RANGEL FELLOWSHIP

New York, May 11, 2005 – As a child, CCNY graduating senior Natalie Waugh crisscrossed the United States, attending schools in Texas, Missouri, Maryland, Indiana and other places her father’s engineering job took the family. The itinerant life will serve her well as a budding diplomat; Ms. Waugh is one of 10 recipients nationwide of the 2005 Charles B. Rangel Fellowship in International Affairs, which provides participants direct entry into the Foreign Service upon completion of graduate school.

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON FIRST RESIDENCE HALL BUILT ON CAMPUS IN CCNY’S 158-YEAR HISTORY

NEW YORK, May 6, 2005 – Construction has begun on the first residence hall to be built on the campus of The City College of New York (CCNY) in its 158-year history. This milestone was celebrated today with a groundbreaking ceremony at the project site.

CCNY MATH CENTER HOSTS AXIOM CONFERENCE

NEW YORK, April 20, 2005 – The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS) will host a conference for scientists Friday, April 22, to demonstrate the power and scope of the mathematics software Axiom. The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 95, Shepard Hall.

NEW YORK, April 18, 2005 – Ten City College of New York (CCNY) Jewish studies majors will travel to Poland and Israel next month for the 2005 March of the Living, an international, educational program that brings students to places where the horrors of the Holocaust and the miracle of the creation of modern Israel occurred.

EDUCATION CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN TO DISCUSS SCHOOL REFORM IN RUDIN LECTURE AT CCNY

NEW YORK, April 13, 2005 – Joel I. Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will deliver the Spring 2005 Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) Tuesday, April 19. His topic will be “School Reform in New York City.”

CCNY TOPS MODEL UN FOR SECOND YEAR IN ROW

New York, April 13, 2005 - Fielding a team of students with backgrounds as diverse as the world body itself, The City College of New York (CCNY) took top honors for the second consecutive year in the 2005 National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference.

CCNY JUNIOR PHILIPA NJAU NAMED GOLDWATER SCHOLAR

NEW YORK, April 11, 2005 – Philipa A. Njau, an honors student majoring in biochemistry at The City College of New York (CCNY), was named a 2005 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

FOUR OF SIX SURVIVING CCNY NOBEL LAUREATES RETURN FOR ‘EINSTEINS IN THE CITY’ CONFERENCE, APRIL 11-12

NEW YORK, April 5 – The year was 1921 and Albert Einstein, a giant in the scientific world after the validation of his general theory of relativity, had landed at Ellis Island on his maiden visit to the United States.

CCNY Junior Claudio Simpkins Wins Truman Scholarship

NEW YORK, March 29, 2005 – Claudio Simpkins, a junior at The City College of New York (CCNY) majoring in political science and philosophy, today was named a 2005 Truman Scholar by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. The award carries a $30,000 scholarship to be applied toward graduate or professional studies.

NEW YORK, March 30, 2005 – Noted artists and City College alumni William Behnken ’68 and Chakaia Booker ’93MFA will curate and judge “Diversity and Tradition,” CCNY’s second biennial exhibition of work by art alumni and current students. The exhibition, in Aaron Davis Hall on The City College campus, opens Thursday, March 31, and runs through June 20. An opening day reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Public viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.